Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-02-04

Cha.ard. of In6ianapolis, the former the
safhor and the lztssr the apologist, oi
the famous or infamous Cincinnati pas.
toral letter, which was in q great meas.
ure \ deliberate thesis against Thomas
Jefferscn's declaration of independence.
He then says. '-0a the 18th Of March,
of last year went al the request of
Archbishop Corrigan to Washington, to
recommend to President Cleveland,
Brigaiier-G -Geheral John Newton, of the
Eegineers, for vacant Msjor General.
ship On my return. l found letter
from Archbishop Ccrng.n, which 1 here
publish:
The Bishop of Brooklyn has called to
direct attention 10 the enclosed circular
| in which you are announced TO speak al
q meeting presided over by Henry Ward
Beeeher. As the messing is 10 be held
in bis diocese, the Bishop objects vehe-
nls ntly to Catholic Prizes. publicly ap-
pearing in such company, inasmuch as
he eonctiyes that great disedification
aud sclndai Will be the result. At his
request l make his views knoyn to you,
asi am forced TO say that I. too. would
feel hasniiiafed TO find, q priest
of the arch diocese openly associate
with man OF such an unhappy reputa.
ion Es Mr. Beecher or Howard
Crosby. who only last year insulted US
all by ssying that cur country would
rise az inst the Romanists and crush
them ils.o dust. because We simply asked
that our poor children be permitted ac-
cording to the constitution 10 worship
God with liberty of conscience.
Da-a~ar1 n.av II
Very truly yours,
tS;gned) NJ 4. CoRRIGAS."
In reply DR.. McGlynn repor.s upon
favorable results of his mission in be.
b IF Of General Newton, and adds: 'It
pained the TO learn from yea that you
feel hu,nilis;ed by my openly nsociatipg
with Mr.. Beecher, who was TO preside,
and eyea with Mr.. Howard Crosby, bu.
as you did no. :orldd me to GO. probably
doubling your right to do So. nor even
advise me in sucn delicate circumstances
to break my engagement, aud as you
mailed your letter .-priva:e, "Iwculd have
had 10 ceuse public scandal by break
ing SO important an engagement with
out being at liberty to give the reasons.
Scandal would have been much in
creased by more or lefs accurate sur
mises as to the cause. and 10 doub. by
:he speedy publication of the irue
cause. which publication, no matter how
great might be my resicence, would
probably come about through the in.
discretion of friends of Bishop Laugh.
lin himself. / therefore determined to
keep my engagement all de more
readily, az 1 WAS confident both from
several past experiences of my
own in similar matters, your apprehen-
xicns and those OF the Bishop Of Brook
lyn would not be verified. As q
matter of fact, my pres
enee on that platform drew
from both Mr.. Beecher aud DIR.
Crosby strong and eloquent testimony in
favor Of the Catholic Church. My join
ing with these men Was to promote the
cause of law. in the interest of morality
and Temperance, and In keeping with
ths spirit Of the Council of Baltimore,
which was quoted with great approval
by Dr.. Crosby 1 felt that in doing this
surely was not nakiag aay
compromise with the alleged faults
in Mr.. Beecher's private char.
ie.er, nor with Dr.. Crosb by's
us.srsnees On the Freedom Of Worship
u IL Eesides we would do well to Te-
member that a jury after long trial
failed to find the allegations against Mr..
Bsfeltr true, and that it is a wise
MAXIM beth In church and State and in
society which says, ..Da ioc0m roenitcn-
tiae." We should also remember that
MIR. Beecher is to-day regarded as one Of
the greatest and most iliusirious of
Americans and that his advocacy of
any good ciuse is a tower of strength
10 it. As to DIR. Crosby, ne Will
not improbabiy lose good deal
Of his asperity in consequence of
such meetings as that betwesn him and
me las; evening, and that between him
and Father Walxorth few weeks ago
in Altaoy in The interest OF the Excise
ILL. 1t may be well in siInilar matters
to remember the recent example Of the
Pope. who sent to an arch-persecutor
of the Church doctrines, the order of
Christ, and of whom the newspapers
said few days ago that he had sent
special courier to thank Bismarck for
ssme complimentary remarks made in
An after-dinner speech.
With reference to the letter about
political speeches sent by Archbishop
ON Aug 2lst last, he siys: "The only
political gathering that can remember
at which spoke shortly before the da.e
of Archbishop CaIrigans letter OF Aug
2ist, was a great labor demonstration
July J:h, in Union Square in favor of
Gladstone and Parnell during the PArlia-
menfary election. i confess it /. did not
occur 10 me that any one would at that
date hold me bound by the voluntary
lrosnise had made three or four years
before, since Rene itself had been forced
To change lis attitude towards tie
Irish . question and since even
Archbishop Corrigan Lad at least
dee med il polite no longer to oppose the
| movement In aid OF the land Of his par.
enss. The Arehbishop's letter does not
..Gepreca.e interference 10 politics lin
gentral."
IL alizaes to some Of the priests of st.
stephens church attending the ecclesias-
teal retreat to hich 1 also as usual had
b.en invited, and says: "During
ths retreat kope you will
think over your relations with Hen
" George according 10 newspaper
L EcFVfttf eHu coh-u irei ui"Sh tosiei IL
conscience if yoa would leave aside any
thing that may not be unto edification
in Catholic priest. 1 mean anything
that would seem to coincide with Social
ism am. dear Doctor. very faithfully
yours. tsignei) NJ. A, CoRRIeAN.
Besides the hint given in the above
letter of the Archbishop, 1 received in
t;ma;ions coming from him that there
was danger of serious collision between
i the artnorities of the diocese and myself
because of my advocacy of the doctrines
of Mr.. George. Then follows the account
of the interview between Mr.. George and
Archbishop Corrigan which Mr.. George
considered fruitless. Receiving iDfor-
nation that the Archbishops' council
was to be summoned that day to sus-
pend MeGlynn. he having beea forbid